Interstate 490 (Ohio)
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| Interstate 490 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System |
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| Clark Expressway Maintained by OHDOT |
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| Length: | 2.43 mi[1] (3.91 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1990[2] | ||||||||||||
| West end: |   I-71/I-90 in Cleveland |
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| Major junctions: |
 I-77 in Cleveland |
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| East end: | 55th Street East & Bower Avenue in Cleveland | ||||||||||||
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Interstate 490 (abbreviated I-490) is a 2.43-mile interstate highway in Cleveland, Ohio. The western terminus is a junction with I-90 and I-71 on Cleveland's west side. After spanning the Cuyahoga River, the eastern terminus is a junction with East 55th St, just east of I-77.
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[edit] History
The original plans of the Cleveland and other city and federal highway authorities called for the highway – also known as the Clark Freeway and Interstate 290 – to bisect the East Side and the eastern suburbs; the I-290 designation would have continued north along I-271). A referendum in Shaker Heights in the late 1960s, however, barred the city from allowing the highway to pass through the city[3][4]. This put a large and impassable hole in the plans and made the completion of the highway as a whole impossible. A segment at the western end opened in 1990 as I-490.
There have been subsequent proposals to employ part of the I-290 routing. Plans included in the Innerbelt project proposed an expressway to University Circle, named the "Opportunity Corridor", but the plan was initially rejected in 2002.[5] During the 2006 gubernatorial campaign, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell reintroduced the plan as part of a plan to lease the Ohio Turnpike,[6] but he lost the election to U.S. Representative Ted Strickland. The plan is still active, but construction is to start no earlier than 2025.[7]
An early number for the freeway carrying I-490 was Interstate 80N.[8]
[edit] Exit list
| # | Destinations | Notes |
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| I-90 west – Toledo |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| 1A | I-71 south – Columbus |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 1B | West 7th Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 2A |  SR 14 (Broadway) |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 2B | I-77 – Downtown Cleveland, Akron |
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| East 55th Street | At-grade |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System: Table 2. FHWA. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
- ^ Thoma, Pauline. "Ceremony gets I-490 on road; Long-awaited bridge opens for business", The Plain Dealer, 1990-09-12. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
- ^ O'Malley, Michael. "Women saved Shaker Lakes from freeways", The Plain Dealer, 2006-09-25. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ^ Cleveland Heights Historical Society. Feature Stories: When Bad Ideas Happen to Good Suburbs: The Clark, Lee and Heights Freeways. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ^ Exner, Rich. "East Side highway options hit wall; State, federal officials urge scrapping plan", The Plain Dealer, 2002-02-15. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
- ^ Wendling, Ted. "Foe blasts Blackwell's 'summit' with contractors", The Plain Dealer, 2006-08-18. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
- ^ Larkin, Brent. "City must have road to its future", The Plain Dealer, 2008-03-30. Retrieved on 2008-03-31.
- ^ Ohio Department of Highways (via Roadfan.com). 1957-1958 Biennial Report excerpt. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
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